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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides Carter, who might be the father of Maria's baby?
(a) Freddy.
(b) Les Goodwin.
(c) BZ.
(d) Larry Kulik.

2. After he returns from his film shoot, how does Carter respond to Maria's question if he's going to stay at the house in Beverly Hills?
(a) "All my things are here, aren't they?"
(b) "You weren't supposed to be here."
(c) "I thought you wanted me to."
(d) "I paid for it, didn't I?"

3. According to Maria, why did her family move to Silver Wells?
(a) Because they were running from the law.
(b) Because she got a job there.
(c) Because the weather was nice.
(d) Because her father owned the town.

4. According to Carter, what two places does he like to eat alone and read the trades?
(a) Beverly Hills and Marmont.
(b) Bel Air and Beverly Hills.
(c) Marmont and Wilshire.
(d) Wilshire and Beverly Hills.

5. What phrase does Helene's friends who are about ten years older than Helene say to one another?
(a) Heavens to Betsy.
(b) God almighty.
(c) Heaven pajamas.
(d) Lord, have mercy.

6. What is the subject of Maria and the man's conversation as they drive to get her abortion?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Cars.
(c) Politics.
(d) Money.

7. Where was Maria born?
(a) San Jose, California.
(b) Austin, Texas.
(c) Reno, Nevada.
(d) Boise, Idaho.

8. What object does Maria later try to remember if the doctor took with him when he left the bedroom?
(a) A depressor.
(b) A speculum.
(c) A pail.
(d) A scalpel.

9. When BZ comes over, what does Maria ask him about Carter that he doesn't want to answer because he wants him to finish his picture?
(a) How much money he has spent on his mistress.
(b) Who the woman he is sleeping with is.
(c) Where he flew with his mistress to.
(d) If the woman he is sleeping with is the star of the picture.

10. According to Maria, what did Carter do after she married him?
(a) Bring her to the hospital.
(b) Write a book about her.
(c) Take her to Paris.
(d) Put her in his pictures.

11. What is Maria consumed by after her mother's death when she lived in New York?
(a) Questions about the universe, the nature of death.
(b) Questions about what her father was doing, where he was.
(c) Questions about what her mother was doing, thinking.
(d) Questions about working, saving for retirement.

12. Whom is the New York Times profile about that Helene brings with her to see Maria?
(a) Carter.
(b) Helene.
(c) BZ.
(d) Maria.

13. According to Maria, why did Carter stop seeing Sidney and Ruth Loomis?
(a) Because Sidney didn't write a movie for him.
(b) Because a show Sidney was writing was canceled midseason.
(c) Because a part Ruth had was given to another actress.
(d) Because Ruth didn't star in a movie of his.

14. What type of bird does Maria watch at the hospital as the novel opens?
(a) A woodpecker.
(b) A hummingbird.
(c) A blue jay.
(d) A sparrow.

15. What happens at the end of the first picture Carter made with Maria?
(a) She is cleaning marijuana with a kitchen strainer.
(b) She is thrown into negative and looks dead.
(c) She is arguing on the telephone.
(d) She is crying on the IRT.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Freddy Chaikin say to Maria that he was surprised to hear that she wanted to work again?

2. What accessory does Helene bring to the hospital for Maria that belongs to her?

3. According to Helene, who are the people BZ's mother Carlotta "can't bear"?

4. What pastime does Maria begin to do after Carter stops living in the house in Beverly Hills?

5. According to Carter, who besides him, Maria, and the possible father, does NOT know about the affair?

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